Title 205 · NRS Chapter 205

First degree.

Citation: NRS 205.010

Section: 205.205.010

NRS

205.010

First degree.

A person who willfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned, or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of any:

1. Dwelling house or other structure or mobile home, whether occupied or vacant; or

2. Personal property which is occupied by one or more persons,

Ê whether the property of the person or of another, is guilty of arson in the first degree which is a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $15,000.

[1911 C&P § 359; A 1927, 228 ; 1943, 181 ; 1943 NCL § 10307]—(NRS A 1967, 493 ; 1975, 916 ; 1979, 1439 ; 1987, 1475 ; 1995, 1213 )